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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

The Basic Dream of the PC, or “Did You Ever Play Tic-Tac-Toe”?

Authors : Nadia Ambrosetti, Matteo Cantamesse

Published in: This Changes Everything – ICT and Climate Change: What Can We Do?

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

In the late Seventies-early Eighties of the 20th century, the diffusion of the PC marked a watershed between the strictly professional use of computers, and their diffusion to a huge public. It represented the democratization of a powerful and remarkable technology, a first stage in a never-ending and pervasive process of independence and freedom of the individuals. This revolution, however, placed in the historical perspective of the last century, proves to be a fundamental step (but still a single step) in the evolution of the users’ digital skills and in the transformation of their experience and life.

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Metadata
Title
The Basic Dream of the PC, or “Did You Ever Play Tic-Tac-Toe”?
Authors
Nadia Ambrosetti
Matteo Cantamesse
Copyright Year
2018
Book
This Changes Everything – ICT and Climate Change: What Can We Do?

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-99604-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-99605-9

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99605-9_1

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